The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed bills providing a pathway to citizenship for immigrants nicknamed "Dreamers," who are living illegally in the United States after entering as children, as well as for a large number of immigrant farm workers.
The two measures now go to the deeply divided Senate where they face a difficult climb.
The Democratic-controlled House passed the Dreamers bill with only nine Republicans supporting it.
The legislation would allow Dreamers to live, work, serve in the military and continue their education without the threat of deportation and to eventually win U.S. citizenship if they meet a set of requirements.
The House then approved the farmworker bill to shield about one million immigrant labourers, many of whom have been in the United States for decades, from deportation.
Both measures are among several attempts by Democrats to reverse former President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
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